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Workplace Statistics

You probably already know from your own workplace experience that the state of organisational health is not where it should be. Over the years, assessments and studies have concluded that managerial effectiveness is at the root of the issue:

  • "The best organisations across the board operate at between 50-60% effectiveness. Poorer organisations operate at even lower levels. Government departments are often lower." Dr Elliott Jaques, February 2002, just one year before his passing.
  • Dr Elliott Jaques' research has shown:
    • About 30% of poor performance is under-managed
    • 35% of employees are mismatched to their role levels
    • 39% are mismatched to their managers who should have capability one level higher than any direct report
  • "Bad management and lack of appreciation are the two highest ranking factors that led to job churn", Sweeny Research (on behalf of Seek), 2010
  • Gallup Surveys show:
    • 87% of employees worldwide are not engaged at work
    • Work groups that are ineffectively managed are 50% less productive and 44% less profitable
  • Bersin by Deloitte HR Technology Disruptions Report (2016) indicates:
    • A 63% increase in organisations correlating people data to business performance
    • A 29% increase in organisations using people data to predict business performance
  • In a 2015 AHRI (Australian Human Resources Institute) pulse survey:
    • Over 27% of staff who left an organisation cited issues with their immediate manager as the core reason for leaving
    • Considerably more than half of respondents (58%) said that staff turnover had a negative impact on workplace performance
    • 47% of respondents cited effective management and leadership is a key employee retention strategy

 

Workplace Statistics